I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
A graduate of Michigan State University’s College of Law has won an appeal to over turn his conviction for violating an MSU ordinance prohibiting interference with officials. The case arose in September of 2008 when Jared Rapp returned to his car to find a parking ticket for an expired meter. He noticed the parking official [...]
Opponents of a nickel sulfide mine planned by Rio Tinto Corp.’s Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. for public land on the Yellow Dog Plain near Lake Superior are seeking a chance to argue a fundamental point — that by issuing permits for the mine and leasing 120 acres of public land to the company, the state has failed in its job to steward natural resources in the public interest.
Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Paula Manderfield has agreed to hear arguments about whether the state violated its public trust responsibility when the Department of Natural Resources agreed to lease 120 acres near Lake Superior to the Kennecott Eagle Minerals Co. for mining activities.
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